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Kenneth Abbott
Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Jack E Brown Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Faculty Fellow, Center for Law, Science and Innovation
Faculty Co-Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faculty Affiliate, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability

A leading scholar in international law, Kenneth Abbott's teaching and research focus on the interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations, including public and private institutions, environmental issues, development policy, global health, and international trade and economic law. He also has a faculty appointment in the ASU School of Politics and Global Studies. In 2017 he received the inaugural Distinghished Scholar Award from the International Law Section of the International Studies Association. Professor Abbott is a member of the editorial boards of International Theory, the Journal of International Economic Law and the Journal of International Law and International Relations.

Abbott, K. W., D. Levi-Faur and D. Snidal. 2017. Theorizing regulatory intermediaries: The RIT Model. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 670(1):14-25. DOI: 10.1177/0002716216688272. (link )

Abbott, K. W. and D. Snidal. 2013. Law, legalization and politics: An agenda for the next generation of IL/IR scholars. Pp. 33-58 In: Dunoff, J. L. and M. A. Pollack eds., Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Internatonal Law and International Relations: The State of the Art. Cambridge University Press.

Report Chapters

2014

Abbott, K. W. 2014. International organisations and international regulatory co-operation: Exploring the links. Pp. 17-44 International Regulatory Co-operation and International Organisations: The Cases of the OECD and the IMO. OECD Publishing. Paris, France. (link )